Blogs from Fort Myers, Florida, United States, North America - page 4

I needed to test something out so I thought I would write a quick note to say thanks to Erin, Christine, Jamie, Freddie, Brittany, Russo and Roxi (Pierside crew) for sticking it out after work last night letting us blab on about our trip - thanks! We're so excited!!... read more

It seems like everyone has some kind of daily adventure in the Internet world. Email, Blogs, News, Sports, Music. We love having access to all that cool stuff. We love getting away from it all now and again too. It keeps our bare feet firmly planted in the sand I guess. For the next month, this travel blog will be our main digital lifeline. You should be able to read updates on our travels, see a few pictures and leave us messages. We wish you all could be here with us! ... read more

Baseball Spring Training Florida Last spring a friend of mine invited me down to Sanibel Island to hang out while his wife was in London. I had some vacation time so I took it, plus I hadn’t seen him in a long time. I booked a Fort Myers hotel at the Best Western and called him up. He informed me that some baseball teams were training in Fort Myers, so he headed over to my Best Western rooms in Ft Myers. I never knew that the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins have spring training in Fort Myers. It was quite a treat walking around downtown and spotting some famous faces. Afterwards we headed back ... read more

Fire Ants, Ruby the Sewer Hose Support Seller & a Jar of Adolph’s I got into fire ants. Never felt a thing, which I will explain later. I began to itch like the dickens and couldn’t figure out the cause until some Floridians met casually spied the giant welts and said, “Oh, you got into fire ants.” Some said, “Squeeze the welts until the “poison” seeped out.” Others said, “Suck out the venom as if treating snake bite.” Still others advised, “spit on them,” “black coffee enemas,” “eye of newt dissolved in Clorox,” and “Leave them alone.” Eventually all was forgotten and the “bites” stopped their horrible itch. Some months later, while shopping for sewer hose supports - which I will explain if you ask - at an RV-Mart World store. Ruby, a full timer ... read more

We loved our RV park, Cypress Woods, in Fort Myers, Florida. The "lots" are all owned - similar to a condo scenerio. When not in use the owners can put their lots into a rental pool (that would be us!). Because they are "owned" there is a great deal of pride taken in landscaping the individual lots. The look is wonderful. The RVs are often interspersed with attractive, compact "manufactured" homes along winding streets so the total effect is like a neighborhood. A little "sanitized" but a nice balance to some of our funkier destinations. One of our reasons for picking Cypress Woods for us was that they have the facilies to store the RV when we fly home for business and family holidays. We knew it would be nice, but it exceeded our expectations. Two ... read more

Ft. Myers Grandparents visit North America » United States » Florida » Fort Myers By JimBeck45 August 30th 2005Ft. Myer's Florida visiting Becky parent's Rich and Carolyn. Went to Sanibel Island and various other beaches around the area. Mostly took it easy and relaxed.... read more